Laterally applied Ethrel causes local increases in radial growth and indole-3-acetic acid concentration in Abies balsamea shoots

Tree Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 509-513

  Eklund, Leif ^a   Little, C H Anthony ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

2 chloroethylphosphonic acid; Balsam fir; Bark; Cortex; Ethylene; Tracheid; Vascular cambium; Xylem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039982718     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.5.509     Document Type: Article

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